Editorial

Abstract

Welcome to volume 4, issue 2 of Geotechnical Research, a gold open access journal for geotechnical engineering published by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), UK. This issue includes five invited technical papers from the 19th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference (SEAGC) & 2nd Association of Geotechnical Societies in Southeast Asia Conference (AGSSEAC), successfully held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 31 May to 3 June 2016. The theme of the conference was ‘Deep excavation and ground improvement’. There were 179 papers presented to an approximate audience of more than 500. In view of it being an important regional conference, some of the authors of the papers were invited to contribute full-length articles to Geotechnical Research because their topics were of interest and relevance to the objectives of the journal. These articles are extended versions with new material and have been through rigorous peer review before being accepted for publication. We hope readers will find this issue interesting and useful for their research and engineering careers in academia and/or geotechnical industry.